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Jack Elam

Jack Elam

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

13/11/1920

Day of Death

20/10/2003
(83) years old

Place of Birth

Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA

Biography

Colorful American character actor equally adept at vicious killers or grizzled sidekicks. As a child he worked in the cotton fields. He attended Santa Monica Junior College in California and subsequently became an accountant and, at one time, manager of the Bel Air Hotel. Elam got his first movie jo... Read More

Known For

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

Bonanza: Under Attack

Bonanza: Under Attack

Bonanza: The Return

Bonanza: The Return

Uninvited

Uninvited

Shadow Force

Shadow Force

Suburban Commando

Suburban Commando

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

Big Bad John

Big Bad John

Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?

Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?

Filmography

Cast

2004

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollyw...

as (archive footage)

1997

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

as Self

1995

Bonanza: Under Attack

as Buckshot

1993

Bonanza: The Return

as Buckshot

1993

Uninvited

as Grady

1992

Shadow Force

as Tommy

1991

Suburban Commando

as Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell

1990

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

as Hezekiah Crow

1990

Big Bad John

as Jake Calhoun

1988

Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?

as Boone

1988

Once Upon a Texas Train

as Jason Fitch

1987

I Am Not a Freak

as Self

1987

Hawken's Breed

as Tackett

1986

Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills

as Squires

1986

The Aurora Encounter

as Charlie

1984

Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas

as Scrooge

1984

Cannonball Run II

as Doc

1983

Lost

as Mr. Newsom

1983

Sacred Ground

as Lum Witcher

1982

Jinxed!

as Otto

1981

Skyward Christmas

as Clay Haller

1981

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

as Troscliar Boudreaux

1981

The Cannonball Run

as Doctor

1981

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite

as Seth Beaumont

1979

The Villain

as Avery Simpson

1979

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

as Big Mac

1978

The Norseman

as Death Dreamer

1978

Hot Lead & Cold Feet

as Rattlesnake

1978

Lacy and the Mississippi Queen

as Willie Red Fire

1977

Grayeagle

as Trapper Willis

1976

Pony Express Rider

as Crazy Charlie

1976

The Winds of Autumn

as J. Pete Hankins

1976

The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe

as Bitterroot

1976

Hawmps!

as Bad Jack Cutter

1976

Creature from Black Lake

as Joe Canton

1975

Huckleberry Finn

as King

1974

A Knife for the Ladies

as Jarrod (Sheriff)

1974

Sidekicks

as Boss

1974

Shootout in a One-Dog Town

as Handy

1973

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

as Alamosa Bill Kermit

1973

The Red Pony

as Granddad

1972

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

as Bitterroot

1972

The Last Escape of Billy the Kid

as Pat Garrett

1971

Hannie Caulder

as Frank Clemens

1971

The Last Rebel

as Matt

1971

Cat Ballou

as Kid Sheleen

1971

Support Your Local Gunfighter

as Jug May

1970

The Wild Country

as Thompson

1970

Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo

as Self

1970

Dirty Dingus Magee

as John Wesley Hardin

1970

Rio Lobo

as Phillips

1970

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

as Kittrick

1969

The Over the Hill Gang

as Sheriff Clyde Barnes

1969

Support Your Local Sheriff!

as Jake

1969

Ride a Northbound Horse

as Sheriff

1968

Once Upon a Time in the West

as Frank's Gunman

1968

Sartana Does Not Forgive

as Slim Kovacs

1968

Never a Dull Moment

as Ace Williams

1968

Firecreek

as Norman

1967

The Last Challenge

as Ernest Scarnes

1967

The Way West

as Preacher Weatherby

1966

The Night of the Grizzly

as Hank

1966

The Rare Breed

as Deke Simons

1963

4 for Texas

as Dobie

1961

Pocketful of Miracles

as Cheesecake

1961

The Comancheros

as Horseface (Comanchero)

1961

The Last Sunset

as Ed Hobbs

1960

The Girl in Lovers Lane

as Jesse

1960

The Slowest Gun in the West

as Ike Dalton

1959

Edge of Eternity

as Bill Ward

1958

The Gun Runners

as Arnold

1957

Baby Face Nelson

as Fatso Nagel

1957

Dragoon Wells Massacre

as Tioga

1957

Night Passage

as Shotgun

1957

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

as Tom McLowery

1957

Lure of the Swamp

as Henry Bliss

1956

Thunder Over Arizona

as Slats Callahan

1956

Pardners

as Pete

1956

Jubal

as McCoy

1955

The Silent Partner

as Shanks

1955

Artists and Models

as Ivan

1955

Kismet

as Hasan-Ben

1955

The Man from Laramie

as Chris Boldt

1955

Wichita

as Al

1955

Moonfleet

as Damen

1955

Kiss Me Deadly

as Charlie Max

1955

Man Without a Star

as Knife Murderer (uncredited)

1955

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

as Burger

1954

Vera Cruz

as Tex

1954

Cattle Queen of Montana

as Yost

1954

Princess of the Nile

as Basra

1954

Jubilee Trail

as Whitey

1954

The Far Country

as Frank Newberry

1954

Ride Clear of Diablo

as Tim Lowerie

1953

Appointment in Honduras

as Castro

1953

The Moonlighter

as Slim

1953

Gun Belt

as Rusty Kolloway

1953

Ride, Vaquero!

as Barton

1953

Count the Hours!

as Max Verne

1952

Kansas City Confidential

as Pete Harris

1952

The Ring

as Harry Jackson

1952

My Man and I

as Celestino Garcia

1952

Lure of the Wilderness

as Dave Longden

1952

High Noon

as Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited)

1952

Montana Territory

as Gimp

1952

The Battle at Apache Pass

as Mescal Jack

1952

Rancho Notorious

as Mort Geary

1952

Finders Keepers

as Eddie

1951

The Bushwhackers

as Cree

1951

Rawhide

as Tevis

1951

Bird of Paradise

as The Trader

1950

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

as The Speaker

1950

High Lonesome

as Smiling Man

1950

A Ticket to Tomahawk

as Fargo

1950

One Way Street

as Arnie (uncredited)

1950

The Sundowners

as Earl Boyce

1950

Key to the City

as Councilman (uncredited)

1949

Wild Weed

as Raymond - Henchman